THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are 2 teams of 7 - 10 players on the field at once.

Video created by sportwaitakare.

 Ki-o-Rahi is a traditional Māori/ European game. It is a fast pace sport with contact, it is on played on a field the shape of a circle.

The Ball uused in the game sis traditionally made from wax.

AMAZING MARAE PARTS!!!!!!!!!!MUST READ!!!!!!!!!

INSANE MAORI HUT!!!!..... NEW WAY OF LIVING???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marae are places of refuge for our people and provide facilities to enable us to continue with our own way of life within the total structure of our own terms and values

It is a traditional and very sacred place for the Maori. They go in a Marae to gather, celebrate or pray.

What is the NZ native bird??????????? MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kiwi

The kiwi is a  flightless New Zealand bird with  feathers, and a very long beak with sensitive nostrils at the front.

It is NZ native bird and there are not many left, there once was around 12 million but now there are less than 100,000 left!!!

There are 5 species of kiwi: North Island brown kiwi, tokoeka, rowi, great spotted kiwi and little spotted kiwi. But luckily the numbers are slowly but surely rising  

MATARIKI!!!!!!!!MUST READ!!!!!!!!!

Matariki is the seven stars. The names are Waipunaarangi, Uruarangi, Tupuarangi, Tupuanuku, Matariki, Waiti and Waita. 

Matariki is celebrated in the late May and the early June.

It was time to spend with family and to remember those who have passed away, and it was a time for them to reflect on the year gone passed and also to celebrate and plan for the new year head. It was a time of abundance, feasting, singing and sharing ones's good fortune.

AMAZING COUNTING IN MAORI!!!!! MUST READ!!!!!!!!

HOW IT ALL BEGAN (MAORI VERSION)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MUST READ!!!!!

Whanau-Family
Pepeha-Tribal Saying
Maonga-Mountain
Marae-Environment
Kaitiaka-Sub-Tribe
Tipuna-Ancestors
Waka-Vessel/Boat
Awa-River
Iwi-Tribe
Taioa-Meeting Place
Papa Kainga-Homeland